qPCR & Digital PCR Congress: USA 2017

The qPCR & Digital PCR Congress: USA 2017 is dedicated to the latest developments, opportunities and applications of both dPCR and qPCR through case studies across areas such as infectious diseases, oncology, prenatal diagnostics, vaccines, microbiology, clinical applications, point-of-care diagnostics and other novel applications.

Key Topics

• QPCR: Strategies & Developments
  • MIQE guidelines & standardisation
  • Developments in qPCR methods
  • Sample preparation & quality control methods
  • QPCR/RT-PCR assay design, optimisation & validation
  • Automation of qPCR methods
  • Detection, quantification and sequencing of RNA
  • Multiplexing
  • Bioinformatics and data analysis
  • Point of Care diagnostics developments
  • Parallel sequencing
• Digital PCR: Possibilities & Opportunities
  • Comparing dPCR to qPCR
  • Introduction, benefits, and future development of dPCR
  • Digital PCR workflow optimisation
  • Converting to dPCR and choosing your system
  • Complimenting digital PCR with other technologies including NGS
  • Validation of dPCR for clinical and research use
  • Detection of rare/patient-specific mutations
  • Multiplexing in digital PCR
  • Applications for precision medicine
• Healthcare Case Studies
  • Companion diagnostics
  • Clinical/Diagnostic applications
  • Oncology
  • Clinical test validation
  • Mutation detection
  • Rare variant detection
  • Early relapse detection
  • Monitoring therapy response
  • Prenatal diagnostics
  • Neurological disorders
  • Biomarker discovery
  • Infectious diseases
  • Gene expression and analysis
  • Micro RNA/ncRNA/siRNA applications
  • Liquid Biopsies
  • Single cell analysis